Organizations of Mental Health Professionals

American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
http://www.aacap.org
    Includes links to meetings, press releases, as well as information about legislative matters and clinical practice. A site search under "policy statements" yields statements on newborn infant adoptions, adolescent pregnancy and abortion, the role of the child and adolescent psychiatrist in organized systems of care, among others.

American Association of Marriage and Family Therapy
http://www.aamft.org/index_nm.asp
    Features a find-a-therapist referral directory of AAMFT members that allows a search by name, city and distance from zip code; a families and health section with articles on numerous family related topics; and a compilation of resources for practitioners, with conferences, products and training opportunities.

American Counseling Association
http://www.counseling.org
    Includes an 800 number to help find a therapist, links to branches through the United States and 17 divisions within the ACA, as well as a database of parenting education materials available from the ACA on-line store.

American Psychiatric Association
http://www.psych.org
    Contains a legislative section, a media alert, an AIDS resource center, and many other valuable features. The APA fastFAX on-line catalog of documents includes APA fact sheets and other information for the public.

American Psychiatric Nurses Association
http://www.apna.org/
    In addition to information about the association, this site contains professional resources, a “legislative lookout,” links to other sites and a listing of the APNA Journal issues, with tables of contents (the full text is not included).

American Psychological Association
http://www.apa.org
    A searchable site with information on publications and other products as well as APA programs. An animated KidsPsych section contains books for kids by age group that discuss difficult situations such as physical disabilities, death, depression and self-esteem.

American Society of Addiction Medicine
http://www.asam.org
    This site gathers the latest articles on addiction medicine and includes abstracts of articles from the latest Journal of Addictive Diseases. It also includes articles on current topics in addiction treatment such as the role of managed care, and legislative/regulatory news.

Clinical Social Work Federation
http://www.cswf.org
    This web site is maintained for clinical social worker members and others interested in CSWF's services that include mailing lists, liability insurance coverage, conference and workshop information, legislative alert, and a directory of schools of social work.

The Council for Exceptional Children
http://www.cec.sped.org
    Contains information on CEC training programs, professional standards and accreditation, publications, and public policy and legislation relating to exceptional children and special education

National Association for School Psychologists
http://www.nasponline.org/index2.html
    NASP promotes educationally and psychologically healthy environments for children and youth through its publications, its convention and advocacy activities that are highlighted on this web site. Books available from the on-line publications store include some that are relevant to younger age groups such as The Sourcebook for Children with Attention Deficit Disorder; A Management Guide for Early Childhood Professionals and Parents.

National Association of Social Workers
http://www.socialworkers.org
    Publications including Practical Standards and Clinical Indicators can be found on this site, along with conferences and other training opportunities. Also included are advocacy and legislative news.